How To Tips On Using Climbing Roses
Is there a climbing rose in your garden? If the answer is no, look around. Nearly every home property has a room for at least one climbing rose bush. And,
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Growing The Butterfly Iris
Tucked away in forgotten corners of many gardens are plants of the butterfly iris. Given scant attention and care, these plants faithfully reward their owners with a short but glorious
Growing Firecracker Flowers: How To Care For Crossandra
Crossandra (kross-AN-druh) is a tropical, evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Crossandra and the Acanthaceae family, more commonly known as the Acanthus family. The genus Crossandra came from the Greek
The Charm Of Geraniums Stand for Happiness
Indoors or out, you’ll be swept away by the charm of geraniums—their happy display is insuppressible for geraniums flaunt all the warm, cheerful spectrum colors, sharpened with an immaculate dash
How To Propagate Tree Peonies
Division of tree peonies is so uncertain and slow that we must resort to grafting—a specialist’s job if ever there was one—to propagate this plant. Different Propagation Methods Grafting Tree
Growing Iris Through the Seasons
One of the outstanding features of the iris family is its long season of bloom. In the early spring, while the weather is still cool, the violet-blue flowers of Iris
What Is A Tulip Poplar?
Whether you know it as tulip poplar, whitewood, tulip tree, yellow poplar, or simply poplar, it is the same handsome giant, straight as a flagpole, with yellow-green and orange tuliplike
Tips On How To Use Dwarf Daylilies In The Garden
For years, we have struggled to produce bigger and better things, but we have finally come to our senses and have begun to demand the small and the compact. It
Growing Tree Peonies Is Different
For 50 years, I have grown tree peonies. I remember my first glimpse of them in the catalog of an old British firm, Kelway & Co. Even those little prints
Chrysanthemania: The Crazy Feeling Of Growing Giant Chrysanthemums
Do you have “chrysanthemania?” There are several symptoms: The quickening of the pulse when standing in front of a display where the big mums are “showing off” in the fall